Isla to island

Title:

Isla to island

Author:

Castellanos, Alexis, author, illustrator.

Summary:

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to the United States and must redefine what home means to her. Marisol loves her colorful island home. Cuba is vibrant with flowers and food and people…but things are changing. The home Marisol loves is no longer safe—and then it’s no longer her home at all. Her parents are sending her to the United States. Alone. -- Amazon.com.

Audience:

Ages 10 up Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Grades 7-9 Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Historical comics.

Coming-of-age comics.

Subject Term:

Stories without words.